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Connor sometimes spelled Conor
Conor
Conor is a male given name that comes from the Irish name Conchobhar/Conchubhar or from the name Conaire, found in Irish legend as the name of the high king Conaire Mór and other heroes. It is popular in the English-speaking world...

 when used as a first name, may refer to:

Living persons

  • Connor Wickham
    Connor Wickham
    Connor Neil Ralph Wickham is an English footballer who plays for Sunderland as a striker.He played youth football at Reading before being released and moving to Ipswich Town in 2006 where he continued in the youth structure. He made his full professional debut for the club in April 2009...

    , English footballer
  • Connor Paolo
    Connor Paolo
    Connor Paolo is an American actor best known of his role as Eric van der Woodsen in The CW young-adult series Gossip Girl since 2007-2011.He became part of the two Oliver Stone films, World Trade Center and Alexander where he bagged his biggest break in Hollywood.He is currently playing Declan...

    , American Actor
  • Connor Barwin
    Connor Barwin
    Connor Barwin is an American football linebacker for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Texans in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Cincinnati.-Early years:...

    , American football side end
  • Connor Barth
    Connor Barth
    Connor Thomas Barth is an American football placekicker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at North Carolina....

    , American football placekicker
  • Connor Grimes
    Connor Grimes
    Connor Grimes is a field hockey player from Canada.Grimes competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, as part of the Canadian team which finished the field hockey tournament in 10th place.-References:...

    , field hockey player from Canada
  • Connor Gibbs
    Connor Gibbs
    Connor Gibbs is an American child actor. He is best known for his role as Aiden Lucas in the TV series Ghost Whisperer.-Filmography:- External links :...

    , actor from Canada
  • Connor Hughes
    Connor Hughes
    Connor Hughes is an American football placekicker who is currently plays for Oldham Athletic. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Virginia....

    , American football placekicker
  • Connor Murphy
    Connor Murphy
    Connor Murphy is an American ice hockey defenseman who is who is currently playing for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League. Prior to signing with the Sting, Murphy committed to Miami University Murphy previously played for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program of the United...

    , American ice hockey defenseman
  • Connor Byrne, actor from Ireland
  • Connor Robertson
    Connor Robertson
    James Connor Robertson is a currently inactive right-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher...

    , inactive baseball player

Fictional characters

  • Connor MacLeod
    Connor MacLeod
    Connor MacLeod, also known as The Highlander, is a fictional character in the Highlander film series, as well as the television programs Highlander: The Series, and Highlander: The Animated Series...

    , the main character from the Highlander movies
  • Connor (Angel), a primary character from the television series Angel
  • Connor Deslauriers, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Connor Hawke
    Connor Hawke
    Connor Hawke is a DC Comics superhero who operated as the second Green Arrow, created by Kelley Puckett and Jim Aparo. Connor is the son of Oliver Queen, the original Green Arrow, and his former girlfriend Moonday "Sandra" Hawke...

    , a hero from DC comics
  • Connor Costello, a character in the Australian medical drama All Saints
  • Connor Kent, Superboy, from DC comics, cloned from both Superman and Lex Luthor
  • Connor Temple, a character in the ITV series Primeval
  • Connor Owens, a character in the ABC series Ugly Betty
    Ugly Betty
    Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...

  • Connor McManus, one of the two main characters from the movie The Boondock Saints
    The Boondock Saints
    The Boondock Saints is a 1999 American action comedy film written and directed by Troy Duffy. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus as Irish fraternal twins, Connor and Murphy MacManus, who become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian Mafia in self-defense...

  • Connor, a character from the movie The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
    The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
    The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey is a 1988 feature film, an official Australian-New Zealand co-production, directed by Vincent Ward. It won numerous New Zealand and Australian awards, including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film, and several awards at European fantasy film festivals...

  • Connor, one of Ellis and Duffield's webcomic FreakAngels
    FreakAngels
    FreakAngels is a free weekly webcomic created by Eagle Award-winning writer Warren Ellis and artist Paul Duffield. In collected form, it is published in book format by Avatar Press...


The Clans and family names

  • O'Connor (disambiguation)
    O'Connor (disambiguation)
    O'Connor is a surname of Irish origin, originally meaning Ó Conchobhair , and can refer to:-People:* O'Conor Don - a royal dynasty ruling the Kingdom of Connacht...

     (kin
    Kinship
    Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. And descent groups, lineages, etc. are treated in their own subsections....

     of Connor), esp. Irish
    Ireland
    Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

  • MacConnor or McConnor, esp. Scottish
    Scotland
    Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...


Living persons

  • Jimmy Connor (English footballer)
    Jimmy Connor (English footballer)
    James "Jimmy" Connor was a Scottish professional footballer. He spent his entire career at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making almost 300 Football League appearances for the club.-Blackpool:...

    , English footballer
  • Jimmy Connor (Scottish footballer)
    Jimmy Connor (Scottish footballer)
    James "Jimmy" Connor was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as an outside left. He was born in Renfrew, Scotland.-Club career:...

    , Scottish footballer
  • Kevin Connor (director)
    Kevin Connor (director)
    Kevin Connor is an English film and television director currently based in Hollywood.Connor was born in London on the 24 of September 1937 and grew up during the 2nd World War...

    , film and TV director
  • Kevin Connor (artist)
    Kevin Connor (artist)
    Kevin Connor , Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize twice; in 1975 for The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE, and in 1977 for Robert Klippel. He won the Sulman Prize in 1991/92 with Najaf June 1991 and again in 1997 with The Man with itchy fingers and other figures Gare du Nord .He won a Harkness...

    , Australian artist
  • Sarah Connor (singer), German singer
  • Steven Connor
    Steven Connor
    Steven Connor is the Academic Director of the London Consortium and Professor of Modern Literature and Theory at Birkbeck, University of London.- Biography :* Born: Bognor Regis, Sussex, in 1955....

    , English writer, professor and cultural critic.

Historical figures

  • Edward "Ted" Connor, Manchester United player 1909–1911
  • Eugene Bull Connor
    Bull Connor
    Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor was the Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, during the American Civil Rights Movement...

    , police official and segregationist
  • George Connor (driver)
    George Connor (driver)
    George Connor was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:* In 14 Indianapolis starts, Connor drove without leading a lap. This ranks 5th on the all-time list....

    , American racecar driver
  • George Connor (football), American football player
  • Jack Connor (footballer born 1911), Scottish footballer
  • Patrick Edward Connor
    Patrick Edward Connor
    Patrick Edward Connor was a Union General during the American Civil War. He was most famous for his campaigns against Native Americans in the American Old West.-Early life and career:...

    , 19th-century American general
  • Roger Connor
    Roger Connor
    Roger Connor was a 19th century Major League Baseball player, born in Waterbury, Connecticut. Known for being the player whom Babe Ruth succeeded as the all-time home run champion, Connor hit 138 home runs during his 18-year career, and his career home run record stood for 23 years after his...

    , baseball player
  • Selden Connor (1839–1917), American soldier
  • William D. Connor
    William D. Connor
    William Duncan Connor was Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1907 - 1909. He was a Republican....

    , Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

Fictional characters

  • John Connor
    John Connor
    John Connor is a character appearing in the American science fiction Terminator franchise and he serves as the series main protagonist. Created by writer and director James Cameron, the character is first referred to in the 1984 film The Terminator and first appears portrayed by teenage actor...

    , a fictional character from the Terminator franchise
  • Sarah Connor (Terminator), mother of John Connor


Placenames

  • Connor, Maine
    Connor, Maine
    Connor is an unorganized territory in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 424 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

    , unincorporated area in Aroostook County, Maine, United States
  • Connor, County Antrim, a village in Northern Ireland
  • Diocese of Connor (Church of Ireland)
    Diocese of Connor (Church of Ireland)
    The Diocese of Connor is in the Province of Armagh of the Church of Ireland.-Overview and history:Christianity has been present in Connor Diocese for over 1500 years. Tradition holds that St. Patrick herded sheep on Slemish, in the heart of the Diocese, when first brought to Ireland as a slave...

  • Diocese of Down and Connor
    Diocese of Down and Connor
    The Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor, is a Roman Catholic diocese in the north-eastern part of Ireland. It is one of eight suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh and is subject to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh...

     (Roman Catholic)
  • Connor Downs
    Connor Downs
    Connor Downs is a village in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately two miles east of Hayle.The village straddles the old course of the A30 road but has now been bypassed. Facilities include a school , a petrol station and a fish-and-chip shop....

    , Cornwall
  • Mount Connor, Australia
  • Connor Battle, Tongue River, American Civil War
  • The Connor Pass, County Kerry mountains, Ireland

See also

  • Conor
    Conor
    Conor is a male given name that comes from the Irish name Conchobhar/Conchubhar or from the name Conaire, found in Irish legend as the name of the high king Conaire Mór and other heroes. It is popular in the English-speaking world...

  • Connors (disambiguation)
  • O'Connor (disambiguation)
    O'Connor (disambiguation)
    O'Connor is a surname of Irish origin, originally meaning Ó Conchobhair , and can refer to:-People:* O'Conor Don - a royal dynasty ruling the Kingdom of Connacht...



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